Botanical gardens play important roles in ex situ conservation and sustainable utilization of biodiversity. Start from the left upper corner, from the left to right, from the upper to bottom, they are Beijing Botanical Garden of CAS (photoed by Qingwei Li), Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden (photoed by Qiyi Shen), Missouri Botanical Garden (photoed by Xiangying Wen), Fairylake Botanical Garden of Shenzhen and CAS (photoed by Bijian Liu), Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of CAS (photoed by Qiwu Duan), Wuhan Botanical Garden of CAS (provided by Hongwen Huang), South China Botanical Garden of CAS (provided by Jingping Liao), New York Botanical Garden (provided by Jingping Liao), and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (provided by Jingping Liao)

Hongwen Huang.“Science, art and responsibility”: the scientific and social functional changes of a 500-year history of botanical gardens. I. Artistic appearance[J] Biodiversity Science, 2017,V25(9): 924-933.